Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Sock Machine Knitting

I met a lady who offered to help Lisa and me get our sock machines up and cranking. Lisa is more advanced than I, her machine was out of the packing crate. Mine has been nestled safely in it's crate for a couple years. Today we traveled to Riverside to learn about these machines.

First thing I learned - my machine is very old and very dirty. Spent the first part of the day cleaning the main cylinder which was fairly decent, I could have done better with some cleaning oil and an air compressor.

This is my basic machine with a 72 needle cylinder in it. It's clean and I put all new needles in it.

The needles show better here.

My first cranking. I have a new vocabulary to learn and new tools to buy.

This is the machine with the ribber attachment on top. The needles wouldn't slide in, spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the gunk from the needle slots.

Knitting has never been one of my favorite things to do, but I do like hand-knitted socks. I know these aren't hand-knitted but they are the next best thing. They will fit perfectly with no seams. I'm happy.